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No one ever loved prominence more than Georgiana, Duchess of Devon- nhire; at her London mansion she was the centre of the social and political groups that swayed the kingdom. How delighted she would have been, there- fore, could she have known that after her death she would be the most talked-0t woman in the world! Gainsborough, writes Mr. E. M. Dole in the Mentor, was at the height of his powers when the auburn-haired duchâ€" ess ordered from him a full-length porâ€" trait. He made four preliminary sketches before deciding on the pose and the costume. After the picture had passed into the lady’s possession, about the year 1778, she occasionally lent it for exhibitions; then it dropped out of sight. in 1841 a well-toâ€"do liaberdasher saw the picture in the cottage of an old seamstress, who had cut it down to fit a space over her mantel. He bought it for two hun- dred and seventy-five dollars and thirty-five years later sold it to a well‘ No season of the year is so danger- ous to the life of little ones as is the summer. The excessive heat throws the little stomach out of order so quickly that unless prompt aid is at hand the baby may be beyond all hu~ man help before the mother realizes he is ill. Summer is the season when diarrhoea, cholera infantum. dysentery and colic are most prevalent. Any one of these troubles may prove deadly if not, promptly treated. During the summer the mother'sbest friend is Baby's Own Tablets. They regulate the bowels, sweeten the stomach and keep baby healthy. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams’ Medicine 00., Brockville, Ont. The study of diets in their relation to disease has been u to the present a sadly neglected subject. In all pro-' gressive countries, however, there is: at the present time an extraordinary? interest being taken in the question of dieting, particularly as regards the causation of certain diseases, the origin of which has hitherto been. somewhat obscure. Much of the food) eaten toâ€"day is not of the right kind to promote and maintain good health. It is deficient in fat-soluble vitamines, because through habit or custom, large numbers of people are not particular-1 ly fond of green vegetables, milk, cheese or eggs. When the question of 1 green vegetables is mentioned, many eople shrug their shoulders and say hey could not get accustomed to hay.l Little do they know how essential green vegetables are in keeping the diet properly balanced so that good health may be maintained. SUMMER HEAT HARD 0N BABY Say “Bayer Aspirin” INSIST! Unless you se “Bayer Cross” on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by phy- sicians for 24 years. sheds.) ref Bayer Manufacture, o: Iceucncldeate: of Bqucadd which contains proven directions Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets Also bottles of 24 and loo-Druggists Provlnem Boil-d of Mama, Ontario -- Wotan will be glad tn mwer cue-doll on Public Eula .05 Q0. though um column. Addrou his a: m an”. 89-6. and the choicest of Red Rose Teas is the ORANGE PEKOE QUALITY "’ The Stolen Duchess. HEALTH EDUCATION Toronto. BY DR. J. J. MIDDLETON In 1901 word came to Pinkerton’s detective agency through Pat Sheedy, a notorious New York gambler, lhat the picture. the disappearance of which had never ceased to be the ob« ject of discussion in art circles and in the underworld, would be surrendered upon payment of the reward of five thousand dollars. After a life of ex- travagance Worth was penniless. A secret message was sent to Mr. Mor- land Agnew, and in Chicago a few weeks later the canvas was placed in his hands. \Vhen exhibited in Lonrlnn than Cod liver oil is known to be espe- cially rich in some of the essential vitamines, and some authorities urge that cod liver oil and milk should be provided at all welfare centres. The next night he climbed through a. window, cut the. portrait from a stretching frame and carried it to a safe hiding place. When the robbery was discovered the world of art was thrown into convulsions. A day or so later the Messrs. Agnew received an anonymous communication stating that the picture would be surrendered if they would go bail for the prisoner in Newgate: A scrap of the convas was inclosed in the letter. The own- ers would enter into no negotiations that would associate them in doubtful proceedings, and Adam ‘Worth found the stolen masterpiece on his hands. of bread, butcher’s meat, potatoes, jam, tea and coffee. Milk is often neglected, and yet milk should form a larger part of our diet than is at present the case. The problem of such a commonplace thing as defective teeth would be solved by greater attention being paid to the diet? of children, and the decline in infant mortality is largely due to the instruction in infant feeding: which now forms such a large part of infant welfare work. The experience of many observers has. proved that the number of rickety children had con- siderably decreased since dried milk was used in preference to patent foods. known London firm of‘grt dealers at a profit of over fifty thousand dollars! At this point there enters the sinis- ter figure of Adam 'Worth, an Ameri- can criminal, who in May, 1875, was directing from his luxurious apart- ments in London the operations of an international band of thieves and for- gers. One of his aids had fallen into the hands of the police and was in Newgate Prison. While trying to de- cide what to do to get him out Worth, passing along Bond Street one after- noon, noticed the line of carriages drawn up before Agnew’s, where the Duchess of Devonshlre’s picture was on view. Immediately he conceived a plot. He would steal the painting that had set London astir- and hold it as hostage against the release of his con- federate. Despite'desperate efforts Scotland Yard got no clue to the perpetrator of the crime, and some time afterward the robber carried the portralt to America, concealed under the false bottom of his trunk. For twenty~tive years the painting was sought by de- tective agencies all over the world while it lay concealed in warehouses in New York. in Brooklyn and in Bos- ton. When exhibited in London the Stolen Duchess was viewed by hys- terical crowds. J. Pierpont Morgan. after a few moments' examination, bought the picture for one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. At Mr. Morgan's death the painting came back to America and was shown for a while at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1916 it went to Mrs. Herbert L. Satterlee, Mr. Morgan’s daughter. Mlnard’s Llniment for Rheumatls The ordinary di_et consists largely . ,L--- g Mother strokes a secon wings beat the The Tyrant me (wea cles and in urrendeped 1rd of five life of ex- pose timate knowledge than he of Simla and its society. Miss Kipling was a bright, clever girl, and, though she did not say much, she saw everything (lis- tlnctly. She was the bright damsel who, when Lord Dufferin asked her why she was not dancing, replied with a placid smile, “You see I am quite young; I am only eighteen. Perhaps when I am forty I shall get some part- ners." This quiet .little dig at the middle-aged ladies who pranced about with. the Hill captains while their daughters sat out appears in one of Rudyard Kipling‘s verses. It was some years later that a tra- veling publisher happened to find the Plain Tales on an Indian railway book- stall and, grasping the genius of them, arranged to republish them. From that. moment Rudyard Kipling became famous. In 1886 Mr. Rudyard Kipling, then :1 young man, was among the visitors at Simla, India. His sister, a nice pretty girl of eight-eenflwritesv Maj. Gen. Sir George Yqunghusband in Forty Years a. Soldier,â€"used to give me a dance now and then, and so I got to know him. Rudyard’s mother and sister were there for the season, and he used to run up for a few days at a time when he could be spared. He was then sub-editor of what he called the local rag, the Civil and Military Ga- zette of Lahore. It was at that time that he wrote Plain Tales from the Hills and De- partmental Ditties. They used to ap- pear on the outside page of the Civil and Military Gazette and curiously enough did not set the hills ablaze. Some people thought them "rather funny," and some wondered languidly, “Who the dickens is R. K.?” But the tales and ditties gave no offense at all for the simple reason that no one re- cognized himself, though he immedi- ately saw how exactly the cap fitted some one else Rudyard Kipling was so seldom in Simla that 1 have always felt con- vinced that his sister helped him a great deal in the ground-work of his tales and ditties; she had a more in- timate knowledge than he of Simia and its society. Miss Kipling was a bright, clever girl, and, though she did not say much, she saw everything (lis- tinctly. She was the bright damsel Remember, pale, bloodless girls need plenty of nourishment, plenty of sleep, and regular open-air exercise. But to save the bloodless sufferer she must have new bloodâ€"and nothing meets the case so well as Dr. Wil- liams’ Pink Pills. These pills increase the supply of new, red blood; they stimulate the appetite and relieve the weary back and limbs; thus they reâ€" store health and charm, and bring to anaemic girls the rosy cheeks and bright eyes of strong, happy girlhood. You can get these pills through any dealer in medicine, or by mail at 50 cents a box from The Dr. Williams’ Medicine 00., Brockvllle, Ont. ners." T middle-a5 with. the daughters Rudyard ] It was mg, "how's morning ha. the reply, “ If growing girls are to become well- developed, healthy women, their health must be carefully guarded. Mothers should not ignore their un- set‘tled moods or the various troubles that tell of approaching womanhood. It is an important time of life. Where paJlor, headache, backache or other signs of anaemia are evident you must provide the sufferer with the surest means of making new blood. What Mothers Should Do as Their Daughters Approach Womanhood. When you are old enough to know The Joys of kite and boat and bow And other suchllke splendid things That boyhood's rounded decade brings I shall not give you tropes and rhymes But, 3151113 to those rousing times. I shall ply well the craft I know Of shaping kite 21nd boat and bow, For you shall teach me once again The goodly art, of being ten. Meanwhile, as on a rainy day When 'Lls not possible to play, The while you do your best to grow, I ply the other craft 1 know And strlve to build for you the mood or daring and of fortitude, With fitted word and shape]: phrase, Against those later wonder days. When first you glimpse the world of men Beyond the bleaker side “Well, Bloom," a physi< young colleague who wa: ing, “how’s your practice When the Plain Tales First Reached the Hills. THE DELEGATE GIRL To a Boy Scarcer Three. How's Your Practice OR a bit Not Reproachful EX}; 811d ending a physician asked a who was just start- practice?” “In the bills '1 what you are? afternoon of ten. G. 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This is shown again and again by such letters as Mrs. McMahon writes, as well as by one woman telling another. These women know, and are willing to tell others, What it did for them; therefore, it is surely worth your trial. Women who suffer should write to the Lydia E.Pinkham Medicine Co..Cobour , Ontario, for a free copy of Lydia . Pinkham's Private Texthook upon “Ailments Peculiar to Women.” 0 Hnsect Bites! “As She Is Wrote." Over the office of a. forwarding agent in front of the'vold Shinbashi Railway Station in Tokio is the alluring invi- tation to “Leave your luggage with us and we will send it in every direction." Not far off still more remarkable advantages were offered on a millin- er's shop-sign, bearing the somewhat equivocal legend: “Clothing of woman tailor: Ladies furnished in the upper storey"; and yet more mls'leadlng, “Respectable ladies have fits upstairs." BAGK AEHED It is a vain man that grins to show how white his teeth are. People of sense avoid affectations. (Clip 1M5 out and paste it, with other of the series. in a scrapbook) The secret is very simple but the trick is perplexing. When the hand is turned over. the thumb is drawn back a trifle. causing each die to make a quar- ter 0! a revolution. With a little practice this can be done without fear of detection. The same movement, reversed, restores the dice to their original positions. The attention of the spectators is called to the fact that opposite sides of each die always totals seven. This is a fact with every properly made dle. The two dice are placed on the tip of the fore- finger and the spectators are asked to observe which numbers are on top. The numbers being noted. the thumb or the same hand is placed on them. The spectators are asked to tell, which numbers will be undormost. As they have learned that the spots on opposite sides or 24119 always total seven they are able to an- swer the question. When the hand is turned over and the foreâ€" finger lifted it is seen that two other spots are presented to view. The forefinger again covers the dice and the hand ls turned over. The thumb ts lifted and the spots originally seen are exposed. Thin clever stunt is performed with two very small dice, the kind sold with cheap ediiions of some counting games being very satis- factory. The smaiicr the dice the easier the trick is to do, but with practice it may be done with dice of almost any size. EA SY TRICKS Mlnard's takes the of them. Take it to Gone Again you TERRELY ting out 1‘ CH E A P. 0N EASY TERMS, 1 only $500 down or secured, bal‘ ;nnce at 7%. Im roved farm, 125 acres in Township of karid, County of Mid- jdlesex; mixed soil. sand and clay loam; :brick house with frame outbuildings. iAbout a mile west of Middlcmiss. Ad- 'dross: M. J. 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